Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
RAUCITY
Etymology
Noun
raucity (uncountable)
Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness.
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• cyturia
Source: Wiktionary
Rau"ci*ty, n. Etym: [L. rausitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F. raucité.]
Definition: Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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